488 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



That night Kaululaau slept iu the cave and at daj'light he left it and returned 

 to the patch of reeds where he was fonnd by the spirits who asked him: "Say, Kaulu- 

 laau, where did you sleep last night?" Kaululaau replied: "In the small patch of 

 thistles." "Is that so? No wonder you were not found last night," remarked the 

 spirits. On the approach of the next night he again entered the cave, when the spirits 

 went about looking for him the whole night. At daylight Kaululaau went to the beach 

 on the dry sand and sat there where the spirits came and asked him: "Where did you 

 sleep last night?" "In the patch of thorny vines growing there. That is the place 

 where I slept." The spirits again asked him: "Where are 5'ou going to sleep tonight?" 

 Kaululaau replied: "In the large surf where it rolls as high as a house. That is where 

 I will sleep." On the approach of night Kaululaau would again retire to the cave, and 

 at daylight go out on the sand where he would be met by the spirits who would ask 

 him: "Where did you sleep last night?" "In the small surf; you were all at the large 

 surf," Kaululaau would reply. 



Through these deceiving answers the spirits got so overworked that they mostly 

 all died off, leaving but very few of them alive. Pahulu was one of the spirits that was 

 saved, because he left Lanai and went over to Kahoolawe to live. Kaululaau after this 

 kept a fire burning all the time he remained on Lanai. Kakaalaneo upon seeing the 

 fire burning on Lanai so continuously, asked the people: "Say, Kaululaau could not 

 have been killed by the spirits?" "No," replied the people. Therefore, Kakaalaneo 

 sent some people in a canoe to go to Lanai and see if Kaululaau was indeed still alive 

 or not. When the canoe arrived at Lanai, the people saw that Kaululaau was indeed 

 still alive and he was still keeping the fire burning. The canoe then returned to Lele 

 and the people told Kakaalaneo, the king, of what they had seen. When the king 

 heard this he remarked: "Yes, he was sent to Lanai to be devoured by the spirits, but 

 no! What does it mean? Well and good." He then ordered a double canoe to go and 

 bring Kaululaau home. This is how Kaululaau was saved and his history and life on 

 Lanai has become famous even unto this day. 



Legend of Nihooleki. 



KEAUHOU in Kona, Hawaii, was the birthplace of Nihooleki and it was from 

 this place that he moved to Kuukuua, in Puuokapolei at Waianae, where he 

 took unto himself a wife. The name Nihooleki was given to his spirit body; 

 his name during his life time was Keahaikiaholeha, a chief, and was the greatest fisher- 

 man over all the whole country of Waianae. It was he that owned the mother-of-pearl 

 fish-hook called Pahuhu that could catch so much aku.' He was at one time king of 

 Waianae and had fished from all the head lands round about that country. He knew 

 all the fish and fishing grounds in the ocean around that region. After a time he left 

 his parents and 3'oung sister in Waianae and set sail for Waimea, Kauai, where he 

 settled; for this was where his wife had come from, being her birthplace. 



^ Aku, bonito (G'ymnosarda pelamis). 



